Dell 8 manual Feature fcoe feature npiv feature lacp

Resource

Cisco Nexus

Prerequisites

port-channel-protocol lacp port-channel 128 mode active exit

protocol lldp

no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco dcbx port-role auto-upstream no shut

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•Port-channel connecting Cisco Nexus switch needs to have following configuration.

interface port-channel 128 portmode hybrid switchport fip-snooping port-mode fcf

•Server facing ports needs to have following configuration.

portmode hybrid switchport protocol lldp

dcbx port-role auto-downstream no shut

exit

Following is the prerequisite for Cisco Nexus.

•Enable required features.

feature fcoe feature npiv feature lacp

•Create a new VSAN - instantiate it in the VSAN database.

conf

vsan database vsan <vsan id>

•Configure regular ethernet VLANs, and then the FCoE VLAN is created with an assignment to its respective VSAN.

vlan <fcoe vlan> fcoe vsan <vsan>

•Instantiate but do not configure the upstream port-channel (LAG) to the core /aggregation switch.

•Instantiate but do not configure the downstream port-channel (LAG) to the IOA4.

•Create the VFC interface to bind to the servers CNA FIP MAC address. This can be located in the CMC WWN table or the IDRAC page for the server.

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